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<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">Get ready to take the ACT!</p>
Nearly every college in Midwestern and Southern United States accepts
the ACT as a part of its admissions process. That's why nearly 1.5
million students take the ACT every year!


<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">What is the ACT</p>
The ACT is a national college admissions
examination that consists of subject area tests in: English,
Mathematics, Reading and Science. Plus a 30-minute Writing test if you
choose to write the ACT Plus Writing test.
ACT results are accepted by all colleges and
universities in the United States.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">What is tested on the ACT</p>
The ACT includes 215 multiple-choice
questions and takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes to complete,
including a short break (or just over four hours if you are taking the
ACT Plus Writing). Actual testing time is 2 hours and 55 minutes (plus
30 minutes if you are taking the ACT Plus Writing).

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">How to Register and pay for
the ACT</p>
All registration must be done through the
ACT, Inc. the makers of the ACT.&nbsp; You can register for the Official
test online at <a href="http://www.actstudent.org/regist/index.html"
	target="blank">http://www.actstudent.org</a>.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">ONTARIO TEST DATES</p>
Visit <a
	href="http://www.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html" target="blank">http://www.actstudent.org</a>
for more details. All candidates must pre-register to write the ACT
examination.Note: Students may write the ACT test at any test location
regardless of where he/she applies for admission.Students may apply to
write the entrance test at any of the participating schools on any ONE
of the following dates:
2010-2012 Test Dates and
Registration Deadlines

<table style="prepskillstable">
	<tbody>
		<tr style="background-color: #94ce18;" valign="top">
			<td class=prepskillstablecolumnodd rowspan="2">2010-12 Test Dates</td>
			<td class=prepskillstablecolumneven rowspan="2">Test Location</td>
			<td class=prepskillstablecolumnodd colspan="2">Canada &amp; United States Registration
			Deadlines*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr style="background-color: #94ce18;">
			<td class=prepskillstablecolumnodd >Regular</td>
			<td class=prepskillstablecolumneven>Late (a fee applies)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">September 11, 2010</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">N/A</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">August 6, 2010</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">August 7 – 20, 2010</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">October 23, 2010</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">Ancaster, Hamilton District CHS
			Aurora, St Andrews College Chatham, Chatham CHS North Bay, Canadore
			College Sault Ste Marie, Algoma University College St Catherines,
			Ridley College</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">September 17, 2010</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">September 18 – October 1, 2010</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">December 11, 2010</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">Aurora, St Andrews College
			Breslau, Woodland CHS London, London District CSS North Bay, Canadore
			College Sault Ste Marie, Algoma University College Smithville,
			Smithville District CHS St Catherines, Ridley College Toronto,
			University of Toronto</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">November 5, 2010</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">November 6 – 19, 2010</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">Aurora, St Andrews College North
			Bay, Canadore College Sault Ste Marie, Algoma University College St
			Catherines, Ridley College</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">January 7, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">January 8 – 21, 2011</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">April 9, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">Ancaster, Hamilton District CHS
			Aurora, St Andrews College North Bay, Canadore College Ottawa,
			University of Ottawa Sault Ste Marie, Algoma University College St
			Catherines, Ridley College TorontoUniversity of Toronto</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">March 4, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">March 5 – 18, 2011</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">June 11, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">Aurora, St Andrews College Sault
			Ste Marie, Algoma University College St Catherines, Ridley College
			Toronto, University of Toronto</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">May 6, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">May 7 – 20, 2011</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">September 10, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">N/A</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">October 22, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">December 10, 2011</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">February 11, 2012</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">April 14, 2012</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td align="left" valign="top">June 9, 2012</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
			<td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
Important Information for All Test-Takers
<ul>
	<li>The ACT is offered four to six times a year, in September,
	October, December, February, April and June and is always on a Saturday
	except for those with credible religious obligations.</li>
	<li>Non-Saturday testing usually occur the day after each Saturday
	test date, for students who cannot test on Saturday due to religious
	observance.</li>
	<li>Registration deadlines for 2011-2012 will be announced in
	March 2011.</li>
	<li>Canada &amp; United States deadlines apply to students testing
	in the United States, U.S. territories, and Canada.</li>
	<li>Canada &amp; United States registration materials that are
	mailed must be postmarked by the U.S. deadlines.</li>
	<li>No test centeres are scheduled in New York for the February
	test date.</li>
	<li>On September 11, 2010 &amp; September 10, 2011, the ACT<strong>
	is not offered outside</strong> of the 50 United States and D.C.</li>
</ul>

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">American College Test</p>
The ACT test assesses high school students'
general educational development and their ability to complete
college-level work.
<ul>
	<li>The multiple-choice tests cover four skill areas: English,
	mathematics, reading, and science.</li>
	<li>The Writing Test, which is optional, measures skill in
	planning and writing a short essay.</li>
</ul>
<em>NOTE: Although the writing section
is optional, several schools do require an essay score and will factor
it in to the admissions decision.</em>
The required portion of the ACT is divided
into four multiple choice subject tests: English, mathematics, reading,
and science reasoning. Subject test scores range from 1 to 36; all
scores are natural numbers. The English, mathematics, and reading tests
also have subscores ranging from 1 to 18. (The subject score is not the
sum of the subscores.) The "composite score" is the average of all four
tests. In addition, students taking the writing test receive a writing
score ranging from 2 to 12, a "combined English/writing score" ranging
from 1 to 36 (based on the writing score and English score), and one to
four comments on the essay from the essay scorers. The writing score
does not affect the composite score. Sometimes the test includes an
experimental section that may be a short version of any of the four
major sections.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">English</p>
The first section is the 45 minute English
test covering usage/mechanics and rhetorical skills. The 75 question
test consists of a few passages with various sections underlined on one
side of the page and options to correct the underlined portions on the
other side of the page. There are also a few questions asking about the
order of sentences in a paragraph and paragraphs in a passage and the
author's tone in a section of text.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">Math</p>
The second section is the 60 minute, 60
question math test with 14 covering pre-algebra, 10 elementary algebra,
9 intermediate algebra, 14 plane geometry, 9 coordinate geometry, and 4
elementary trigonometry. Calculators are permitted in this section only.
The calculator requirements are stricter than the SAT's in that computer
algebra systems are not allowed; however, the ACT permits calculators
with paper tapes, that make noise, that have wireless capabilities, and
that have power cords with certified "modifications" (disabling the
mentioned features), which the SAT does not allow. Also, this is the
only section that has five instead of four answer choices.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">Reading</p>
The 35 minute, 40 question reading section
measures reading comprehension in four passages (taken and edited from
books and magazines) one about prose fiction (short stories and novels),
one about social science (history, economics, psychology, political
science, and anthropology), one about humanities (art, music,
architecture, dance), and one about natural science (biology, chemistry,
physics, and the physical sciences), in that order.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">Science reasoning</p>
The science reasoning test is a 35 minute,
40 question test. There are seven passages each followed by five to
seven questions. There are three Data Representation passages with 5
questions following each passage, 3 Research Summary passage with six
questions each, and one Conflicting Viewpoints passage with 7 questions.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">Writing</p>
The optional writing section, which is
always administered at the end of the test, is 30 minutes long. All
essays must be in response to a given prompt. The prompts are about a
social issue applicable to high school students. No particular essay
structure is required. Two trained readers assign each essay a score
between 1 and 6, where a score of 0 is reserved for essays that are
blank, off-topic, non-English, not written with no. 2 pencil, or
considered illegible after several attempts at reading. The scores are
summed to produce a final score from 2 to 12 (or 0). If the two readers'
scores differ by more than one point, then a senior third reader
decides.
Although the writing section is optional,
several schools do require an essay score and will factor it in to the
admissions decision.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">ACT Scoring</p>
Score reports are available on the ACT,
Inc's website (<a href="http://www.actstudent.org" target="_blank">www.actstudent.org</a>)
approximately 2½ weeks after the test date. Score reports are usually
mailed to your home within 3 to 8 weeks after the test date.

<p class="prepskillsgreentitle">When to take the ACT</p>
We recommend that students take the ACT in
the spring of their junior year, and possibly again in the fall of their
senior year.&nbsp; The test is administered several times a year and the
ACT can be taken multiple times with no penalty.&nbsp; If you test more
than once, you can determine which set of scores are sent to colleges
and scholarship programs.
More Information about the American College
Test, including registration and policies can be found at <a
	title="www.act.org" href="http://www.act.org/">www.act.org</a>.
<strong>PREPSKILLS<sup>®</sup> can
help you</strong> prepare for your American College Test, please call 416-200-7728 for more
details, consulting and pricing.
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